thank you for the link. It was a very interesting article, and a cautionary tale for those in academia. On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 at 09:41, Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:

On 2024-03-11 15:44, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:

I found this article quite interesting.<https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/producing-more-but-understanding-less-the-risks-of-ai-for-scientific-research/> <https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/producing-more-but-understanding-less-the-risks-of-ai-for-scientific-research/>

I will only be truly surprised when an AI comes up with a stupid mistake that humans have not made first.

Think of hiring a OCA artist to do your illustrations for your paper working only from a text description of what you want to see. Then take what you get back and just publish it without any checking.

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